Nevada Public Works board lists projects for coming biennium

The State Public Works Board has approved a list of 425 capital projects including maintenance, repairs and agency requests totaling $1.22 billion.That, however, is far more than the projects the governor and lawmakers can afford to fund for the next two years. The treasurer’s office told lawmakers earlier this week they will have at least $50 million in bond capacity to work with. That’s about enough to fund maintenance needs through the 2017-2018 upcoming budget cycle but little e